Atkins Day 5

Ok, time for a little story.

Once upon a time...

Wait, that's not what I mean.

Let's call it a recounting of my journey over the last 3 or so years.

I have been trying to lose weight for 3 years.  I keep losing and gaining the same 20 lbs.  It sucks.  At one point, I gained a lot of traction when I was running like crazy and eating very little, but then I hurt my back and it was all over.  I gained it ALL back. 

I have tried every philosophy out there - eat less and move more, heal your gut, heal your thyroid, just be really good about eating less since that's what drops the weight, etc.  In the end, I have come to one conclusion, based on 3 years of experimenting:

You have to eat less and move more, but how that looks for each person is different.

For me, apparently, that is eating high protein and low carb.  I forgot how much being on Atkins doesn't really feel like a diet.  I don't know what's different this time, but I am ok with this.  I guess we'll have to see if I am actually losing weight though.

As I refreshed myself on the program, all the way through the final phase, I find myself excited to finish. I can't wait to get to the point where I have lost what I want to lose for now and just maintain.  I love that in the second to last phase, I get to reintroduce whole grains and fruits and really learn which ones work for me.

Right now, I am excited.  I am sure there will be days ahead where all I will want is a damn cookie (especially with the barrage of birthdays coming up), but for now I am good.